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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2015 SESSION OF 2015 199TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 3 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "Bring our divided nation together, and give us a greater The House convened at 11 a.m., e.s.t. vision of what you would have us to be. Your word reminds us, 'Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord….' "As we look back over this past year, we thank you for your THE SPEAKER (MIKE TURZAI) goodness to us – far beyond what we have deserved. May we PRESIDING never presume on your past goodness or forget all your mercies to us, but may they instead lead us to repentance, and to a new PRAYER commitment to make you the foundation and center of our lives this year. HON. MATTHEW E. BAKER, member of the House of "And so, our Father, we thank you for the promise and hope Representatives, offered the following prayer: of this new year, and we look forward to it with expectancy and faith. This" we "ask in the name of our lord and savior, who by Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. his death and resurrection has given us hope." Amen. Good morning, everyone. Let us pray together. This prayer is actually a prayer for the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE new year. It was written by Billy Graham, arguably the world's best renowned evangelist, and I thought it was very appropriate (The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by members and for this morning's new year prayer. visitors.) Let us pray together: "Our Father and our God, as we stand at the beginning of this new year we confess our need of your presence and your JOURNAL APPROVAL POSTPONED guidance as we face the future. We each have our hopes and expectations for the year…" and that which lies "…ahead of us The SPEAKER. Without objection, the approval of the – but you alone know what it holds for us, and only you can Journal of Wednesday, January 14, 2015, will be postponed give us the strength and the wisdom we will need to meet its until printed. challenges. So help us to humbly put our hands into your hand, and to trust you and to seek your will for our lives during this LEAVES OF ABSENCE coming year. "In the midst of life's uncertainties in the days ahead, assure The SPEAKER. Are there requests for leaves of absence? us of the certainty of your unchanging love. The Chair recognizes the majority whip. The whip has "In the midst of life's inevitable disappointments and provided us that Representative WATSON from Bucks County, heartaches, help us to turn to you for the stability and comfort Representative MENTZER from Lancaster County, and we will need. Representative KILLION from Delaware County will be "In the midst of life's temptations and the pull of our marked as absent. stubborn self-will, help us not to lose our way but to have the And the minority whip has indicated that Representative courage to do what is right in your sight, regardless of the cost. BROWN from Philadelphia will be marked as absent. Vanessa "And in the midst of our daily preoccupations and pursuits, Brown from Philadelphia will be marked as absent. open our eyes to the sorrows and injustices of our hurting world, and help us to respond with compassion and sacrifice to those MASTER ROLL CALL who are friendless and in need. May our constant prayer be that of the ancient Psalmist: 'Teach me, O Lord, to follow your The SPEAKER. The Chair is about to take the master roll decrees; then I will keep them to the end.' call. Members will proceed to vote. "We pray for our nation and its leaders during these difficult times and for all those who are seeking to bring peace and The following roll call was recorded: justice to our dangerous and troubled world. We pray especially for your protection on all those who serve in our armed forces, PRESENT–198 and we thank you for their commitment to defend our freedoms, even at the cost of their own lives. Be with their families also, Acosta Evankovich Klunk Rapp Adolph Evans Knowles Ravenstahl and assure them of your love and concern for them. Baker Everett Kortz Readshaw 28 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE JANUARY 20 Barbin Fabrizio Kotik Reed ANNOUNCEMENTS BY SPEAKER Barrar Farina Krieger Reese Benninghoff Farry Lawrence Regan Bishop Fee Lewis Roae The SPEAKER. Members, welcome, but we would ask Bizzarro Flynn Longietti Roebuck everybody to please take their seats. We will shortly be Bloom Frankel Mackenzie Ross proceeding outside for the inauguration. Boback Freeman Maher Rozzi The following members have not yet picked up their tickets Boyle Gabler Mahoney Sabatina Bradford Gainey Major Saccone for the inauguration. These members can do so now by coming Briggs Galloway Maloney Sainato to the desk to the left of the Speaker. Please proceed Brown, R. Gergely Markosek Samuelson immediately: Representative Bryan Barbin, Representative Brownlee Gibbons Marshall Sankey Keith Gillespie, Representative Marcia Hahn, Representative Burns Gillen Marsico Santarsiero Caltagirone Gillespie Masser Santora Patrick Harkins, Representative Barry Jozwiak, Representative Carroll Gingrich Matzie Saylor Thaddeus Kirkland, and Representative Jerry Knowles. Please Causer Godshall McCarter Schemel proceed to the left of the Speaker's desk to pick up some tickets Christiana Goodman McGinnis Schlossberg for the inauguration. Cohen Greiner McNeill Schreiber Conklin Grell Metcalfe Schweyer Right now we are going to give you instructions. So please, Corbin Grove Metzgar Simmons if you could, we are going to provide instructions with respect Costa, D. Hackett Miccarelli Sims to our procession to the inaugural. I am going to read Costa, P. Hahn Millard Snyder instructions that have been prepared for us. So please, if you Cox Hanna Miller, B. Sonney Cruz Harhai Miller, D. Staats could, I would like you to pay attention. Again, these are Culver Harhart Milne Stephens instructions with respect to proceeding to the inauguration. All Cutler Harkins Moul Sturla members will please take their seats and please clear the aisles Daley, M. Harper Mullery Tallman at this time. All members will please take their seats. All Daley, P. Harris, A. Murt Taylor Davidson Harris, J. Mustio Thomas members, please take your seats. Please clear the aisles and take Davis Heffley Nesbit Tobash your seats. We would ask that you please take your seats. If you Dawkins Helm Neuman Toepel have any conversations, please head to the back. Day Hennessey O'Brien Toohil The seating for House and Senate members is similar, not Dean Hickernell O'Neill Topper Deasy Hill Oberlander Truitt that we would remember it, but is similar to the inauguration of DeLissio Irvin Ortitay Vereb 4 years ago and is arranged by the incoming administration. We Delozier James Parker, C. Vitali are encouraged that so many members would be here for the DeLuca Jozwiak Parker, D. Ward inauguration and would participate to show our respect for our Dermody Kampf Pashinski Warner Diamond Kaufer Payne Waters equal branch of government. DiGirolamo Kauffman Peifer Wentling At this time we are going to ask that members line up Donatucci Kavulich Petrarca Wheatley starting in the Post Office area. We are going to proceed to the Driscoll Keller, F. Petri Wheeland East Wing starting from that point in the back of the chamber. Dunbar Keller, M.K. Pickett Youngblood Dush Keller, W. Pyle Zimmerman House leaders, Republican and Democrat, will be at the front of Ellis Kim Quigley the line, and any guests that are with the leaders, please stay Emrick Kinsey Quinn Turzai, with those leaders. Be sure to take your coats and tickets to the English Kirkland Rader Speaker inauguration. The mace will lead the procession to the inaugural. ADDITIONS–0 For your information, as Speaker I will return to the floor NOT VOTING–0 later this afternoon and adjourn the House until 11 tomorrow morning, and of course, tomorrow we will begin the important EXCUSED–4 business of organizing the committees. There will be no declaration of a recess at this time because Brown, V. Killion Mentzer Watson the House is in session for the inaugural ceremony. Again, the leaders of both parties will be seated in the front two rows of the inaugural, so that is why they must be in the The SPEAKER. With 198 members having voted on the front of the line, because they are going to go into a different set master roll, a quorum is present. of seats at the Governor-elect, soon-to-be Governor's request. At this time I would ask all members to please start to move REPUBLICAN CAUCUS towards the rear of the chamber so we can go over to the inauguration. Thank you. The SPEAKER. The Speaker recognizes the good lady from Susquehanna County. (Whereupon, the Speaker and the members of the House Ms. MAJOR. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. attended the inaugural ceremony for the Honorable Tom Wolf, I would like to announce that Republicans will caucus Governor-elect of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.) tomorrow morning at 10:30. I would like to remind all Republican members that we will caucus Wednesday morning The SPEAKER. The House will come to order. at 10:30. I would ask our Republican members to please report to our caucus room then. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. 2015 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL—HOUSE 29 ADJOURNMENT The SPEAKER. The Speaker recognizes Representative Samuelson, and he moves that the House now adjourn until Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at 11 a.m., e.s.t., unless sooner recalled by the Speaker. Thank you. On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? Motion was agreed to, and at 1:20 p.m., e.s.t., the House adjourned.

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